Number One in Hardcover Fiction Shadow Ticket:,by Thomas Pynchon, published by Penguin Press.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,October12, 2025. This list is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
- Shadow Ticket — Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
- The Impossible Fortune — Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
- What We Can Know — Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
- Alchemised — SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
- Heart the Lover — Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
- Katabasis — R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
- Twice — Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
- The Secret of Secrets — Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
- My Friends — Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
- Culpability — Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966
- The Correspondent — Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
- Audition — Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
- Alchemy of Secrets — Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250789150
- Circle of Days — Ken Follett, Grand Central Publishing, $40, 9781538772775
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- 107 Days — Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
- Perseverance Principles: How to Unlock Confidence, Consistency, and Wealth Under Pressure — J.J. Mazzo, Wiley, $26, 9781394377527
- The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About — Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
- All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation — Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
- Raising Hare: A Memoir — Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
- Poems & Prayers — Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being — Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- Last Rites — Ozzy Osbourne, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538775417
- Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love — Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
- The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses — Mita Mallick, Wiley, $28, 9781394316489
- It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin — Marisa Meltzer, Atria Books, $28, 9781668060285
- The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited about Your Eternal Home — David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9781400345212
- Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism — Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
- The Upside of Down: A Survivor’s Guide to Turning Setbacks into Success — John D. Ulsh, Mission Driven Press, $28, 9781637634714
- Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit — Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Mate — Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
- Martyr! — Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
- I Who Have Never Known Men — Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
- Tell Me Everything — Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
- The Frozen River — Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
- Hamnet — Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
- Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781451673319
- Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
- Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
- The Midnight Library — Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
- The City and Its Uncertain Walls — Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
- The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners — Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
- The Lion Women of Tehran — Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
- Intermezzo — Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
- Playground — Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century — Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
- All About Love: New Visions — bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession — Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me — Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
- Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering — Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder — David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
- Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI — Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
- Girl in a Band (10th Anniversary Edition): A Memoir — Kim Gordon, Dey Street Books, $19.99, 9780063450318
- Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts — Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition — Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
- On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good — Elise Loehnen, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $20, 9780593243053
- A People’s History of the United States — Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
- Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection — Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593243923
- Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807014271
- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly — Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
MASS MARKET
- 1984 — George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
- Animal Farm — George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
- Mistborn: The Final Empire — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One — J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X — Malcolm X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
- Lord of the Flies — William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
- Foundation — Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
- And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
- Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Room on the Broom — Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
- Little Blue Truck’s Halloween — Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
- Hansel and Gretel — Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
- Goodnight Moon — Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts) — Charles M. Schulz, Scott Jeralds (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $7.99, 9781665972208
- Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party — Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, Hannah Peck (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593693018
- Billie Jean Peet, Athlete: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) — Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781419775741
- Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book — Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $8.99, 9781797212883
- Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story) — Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
- Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book — Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232782
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure — Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
- Fake Skating — Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
- The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2) — Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
- Impossible Creatures — Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
- Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!) — Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
- Scarlet Morning — ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
- Secrets of the Purple Pearl (The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science) — Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316555296
- Brume, Volume 1: The Dragon Awakens — Jérôme Pélissier, Carine Hinder (Illus.), Hippo Park, $12.99, 9781662641244
- Outside — Jennifer L. Holm, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546138143
- Space Case: The Graphic Novel — Stuart Gibbs, Ward Jenkins (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665934817
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Dog Man — Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- Spy School — Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Wings of Fire — Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
- Warriors Graphic Novels — Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion
- Dory Fantasmagory — Abby Hanlon, Puffin
- The Wild Robot — Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Baby-Sitters Club Graphix — Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic
- The Twilight Saga — Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
